Tire carrier



H. R. GERRlE.

TIRE CARRIER.

APPucATlou mio Mov. 1|. 1920.

1,41 9,965 Patentd June 20, 1922;

UNITED STATES PATENT orFicEsf- HARRY B. GEnnm. oF MoNTREAL. QUEBEC;CANADA. -Y Y,

TIRE CARRIER.

Specification of I.et:ters1atent.` Patented June Appncannnnied Novembenn. 1920. serial N. 423.349. l

To all icfrom if tmagy concern Be vit known that I. HARRY R. Gonnie, aSubject of the King of Great Britain` and resident of the city ofMontreal. in the.

Province of Quebec and Dominion of Fanfrom which tires may be removed orin which tires may be inserted without liflinglr the same.

A still further objectV is to provide means for overcomingthe`interference of an automobile top with the removal or insertion oftires in a holder.

At the present time. the holders or can riers for spare tires of anautomobile are rigid brackets at the rear of the car lo which the tiresare connected in a variety of ways. The weight of sparo tires with theirdemountable rims. especially in the large sizes.

-s considerable. so that it is ditlicult to lift.

tires on or off the holder and. if the person driving happens to be awoman. the operatlon of changing tires is often a considerable a'hardship` especiallv with some typesof and laps down over the sparetires.

holders which require that the tire he care.-

fully and accurately guided into its proper place. Such careful andVaccurateguiding of a tire. is next to impossible in cases where theoperatol"s strength is taxed to the limit Y by the more lifting` of :zetire. 'L'he matter is funther complicated if the. Atop'of 4l. carhappens to be folded back. since, in this position the top projectsrearwardl)` beyond lt will also be found that in placing a jack underthe rear axle'. inspecting brakes or rea'r springs.I and in washing theback of the car, the spareA tires are a considerable obstacle.. Itfrequently happens that the tire which it is desired Vto remove from theholder is the inner one, thus necessitating the removal of the outertire before the inner tire. can be reached and then the,I replacing ofthe tire ,first removed in the holder along with the tire which is beingreplaced. This condition just doubles the amount of lifting,1r necessaryfor the change of tires.

According to the present inventiomra tire' holder is provided whichwillfsw-ing-mxtr wardly from the car. so that eithcrof Itnvo ftlresmva'ydie removed with equal facility. lhe swinging holder'mayhe pivotedixrsneh a manner that it will s\vin,\ r downwirdly S0 asA to lower tiresthereon to the levelofihe lground and enable. the tires'fnhen detachedfrom the holder to he lrolled;along, the ,f rround. In the same way. thepnnetureibtire which is being replaced is rolled alongrthe ground andinto place relative to tlleholderv and than attaohed withoutthenecessitvof lifting the tire at all. l savinginglr holder has thefurther advantage of disengaging tiresfrom a folded-dowmtop,

so that tl'ie.iuterference of the to i isi-entieely.:

eliminated. vWhen it .is desire 'to inspect the nnderipart of a carerwash. b

thereof. theitire holdermzty belsiyungl `ut of thel way.

The invention l'esidsgbQa-dly vit;

a pair of. brackets Kproyectan fromtthg rear end ofY a chassis. to oneVof w' rich Abrackets a tire carrier hingedly connected, .theipther endot' the carrier heilig adapted fior i'cleasable connection withtheiotherbrachen-*The carrier extends transverselyI o f the. 'A some distancefrom the rear thereof, so vthat one tire may be mounted oneacli `sidepflthe carrier. One end of the carrier .may hef is connected from itssupporting brael,1ndJ the carrier siding'- yinto.alitgnrnent' .wit licar to give access to .thetlresvon e ido thereof. The hinge pinsenringth may be disphsed iat snc'h an. angle` thi carrier is swungiontfrom thelb'ricl, QH' car, Ait will aisoswihgdovvnwa rdlyfand'lwti" thetires thereon to the'gronrnlY in theirl normal runningposition. Eithertire'rnt be then disconnected from the" eert-:11er and rolled alongtheground and, in tljeiesjfimeV way. a damaged tire may be rolled ailogth''ground to the carrier and secured'itlieeto without it yhein neessnry tolift etlir tire. A spring may provided betis'een tl e"`car rj'er and oneof the`brackets'qr. inv siitz'lble point on a vehicle to regulate theoiv'riw'ard movement of the holder-and also to asis'tithe upwardmovement thereof.

In the drawings whichillustrate the invention;-' v

Fig.. l is a rear elevator of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thedevice illustratin; r the method of operation.

`Fig. 3 is a side elevation lllustr'ting'the The downwa rdlv 4o lon 'tuinal axial line of the car ut 1t may, un er certain conditions, be foundnecessary operation of the device in lowering theitires to theground.

Fig. 4 is aplan view illustrating a detail of construction. v

Referrin more particularly to the drawings '11 an 12 designate a air ofbrackets rigidly attached to any suita le art of a car and 13 designatesa carrier mem r hingedly connected at one end to one of the brackets bymeans of a in 14 which is so connected as to be incapa le of remoyalwithout great 1abor, the pin for example being riveted in place. Theother bracket or the opposite end of che carrier is provided with awingheaded screw by means of which AtheI carrier may be releasablyattached ,to the bracket 12. The carrier may be of any suitable formthat indicated in the drawings being considered the best as it does nottouch the'tires roper but engages only the rims thereof. t will beunderstood, however, that the form of the carrier in this respectisimmaterial. The bracket 11 or the carrier 13 may be provided with astop 16 adapted toy engage the otherv member'to limit thevswin vof, thecarrier. The tires are attached to t e-carrier in any suitable mannerVto be proofa ainst theft. The hinge in may he vertica 1y disposed asshown ini res 1 and 2 or may be disd at an inc ination asshown iIFigures and 4, The direction and'amount of inclination of the pin aresuch that the carrier pin only in wit will swing downwardlysimultaneously with its movement away from the ear, so as to lower tirescarried thereon to the ground in normal position, that is to say,`thetires will oc'cu y vertical planes. In most instances the esired placingof the tires on the ground will be effected by' a suitable inclinationoftime` bin e pins laterally withres ct to the or desirable to inclinethe pin alsoin the axial direction of the carv or to incline the theaxial direction of the car.

17 may be connected Ibetween the carrier an the bracket 11 or any Iothersuit-5 able art of the car, for'the purpose of easA`- ing own the tiresto the Iground and ass1sting in swinging the same up to carryingposition.

It will be understood that the invention, while shown onl as a carrierfor spare tires, a plies also to t e carrying of spare wheels, wiichwill be attached in any suitable man` ner one on each side of thecarrier 13.

The operation of the device is extremely sim le and it is believed willbe understood lliout f urther description. The carrier being for allpractical purposes permanently attached to the bracket 11, as previousstated, is proof against theft and, if ther tires are properly attachedto the carrier, neither'they nor the carrier can be removed from the carby any unauthorized person,

A sprin butthe screw l being unlocked may be removed by anyY arage orwashing station operator as may necessary to clear the back of the carfor work. Inthe following claims the term tire carrier will beunderstood as a generic term including both tire and spare wheelcarriers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A tire or wheelcarrier comprising a swinging carrier bar normally disposed to extendacross the rear end of a vehicle and having one end lleleasablyconnected to the vehicle, and in inclined pin establishin a pivotalconnectiorl between the other en of the bar and the vehicle and servingto permit the`bar to swing downwardly and outwardlgr `from the vehicleAwhen,released.

2. tire carrier comprising a. brackets, a carrier member having reeasable connection at one end with one of said brackair of ets, and ahinge pin connecting the'other end of said carrier member to theremaining bracket, said pin being inclired to permit the carrierY memberto swin downwardly and outwardly from the vehic e to which the carrieris attached.

3. 'A tire carrier comprising a pair of brackets, a carrier memberhaving one end releasably connected with one of said brackets, a hingeconnectin the other end of the carrier member to t e remaining bracket,said'bracketa'said hinge being inclined so that the carrier member willswing downwardly and outwardly from the vehicle to which the carrier isattached, and a spring connected to the carrier member to ease same inits downward movement.

4.` A tire carrier comprising a air of brackets, a carrier member havingre easable connection at one end with one of said brackets, and aninclined hinge pin connecting the other end of the carrier to theremaining bracket and permitting the carrier' to s'wing downwardly andoutwardly to lower the tires thereon into contact with the ground, theinclination of the pin being such that the carrier will dispose thetires in vertical planes at the time the same reach the ground. i

5. A tire or wheel carrier, comprising n. swinging carrier bar normallydisposed to extend across the rear of a vehicle, a releasablelconnection between the vehicle and one end f the bar, a hingeconnection between the vehicle and the other end of the bar', and meansfor effecting lowering of the carrying bar upon outward swingingmovement thereof with respect to the vehicle.

6. The combination with the structure recited in claim 5, of meansoperable to ease the carrier member in the downward and outward movementthereof and to assist in returning the carrier member to normal po-Vsition.

7. ln a tire carrier, a pair of brackets? a carrier memhm, the plane ofwhich is 1nclined, a pin hingedly cnnnevting thi` uairii-r member tu onenf said brackets. said pin heinginrlined t0 swing: the Carrier mmberfrom its normal inclined plane intc a vertical plane during swing of thecarrier mem ber about said pin.

8. A devife accordin to claim T, in which thel pin is also incliner toprodw-v a clownwarri swing uf the carrier rnemlwr simultnemlsly with theother nim'erzwnts thereof, i

9. In a tire vari'ier, a pair if hr'zukets, a vai-riet' member havingreleasahle connection at one end with one of said brackets, a pinpermanently and hingodly conm-ting the other end of said carrier memberto the remaining bracket, said pin being so inclined that the carriermember will swing duwnwarlly und away from a vehicle tu whivll thi?vari-ier' is attached. and a spring curi mwtvcl u-twuen the wirriezmemlwnanfl a ixwl punit urrangml to ease down thu cul'- r'ivr membvrari'l tires thun-nn hiring lawn- Wm'il swing; of the* nwnalwr und massist in raising the c-airr-i' ns1-mlm' :unl tires thm-Pun.

IU. A tire' mn'rie-r fm' whir'lvs (-unlprsngf a Inu' vxtmling:1':|nsvwse| y :1l-ross the rear 0nd nf a whirlv :md uelaptvd tu Parry atire mi fitlwi- `delv twwuf. :miel lmr being nimmt ed tu swing in :Inim'linvel path tu lnwf'r 1,319 tiri-'s variiefl ihr-Venn mtr pl'umixitywith the gummi and tu Pxpnsw vither tire fm' remm'zll fvnm the* carrierwithout nwvssitating lift1 ing nf liu tire,

ln winesg wlmi-vof, l huw hereunto sut mj hand.

HARRY l. (1 ERRI E.

